distend

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• UK: /dɪˈstɛnd/
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• rhymes with -ɛnd
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• CMU ARPABET: D IH0 S T EH1 N D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh1 Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Proto-Indo-European *ten- Proto-Indo-European *tend- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *téndeti Proto-Italic *tendō Latin tendō Latin distendōbor. English distend Borrowed from Latin distendō.

24 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: разтеглям (raztegljam) — to extend or expand
• Bulgarian: разширявам (razširjavam) — to extend or expand
• Catalan: distendre — to extend or expand
• Chinese Mandarin: 膨脹 /膨胀 (péngzhàng) — to extend or expand
• French: distendre — to extend or expand
• Hungarian: felfúvódik — to extend or expand
• Hungarian: felpuffad — to extend or expand
• Hungarian: megduzzad — to extend or expand
• Māori: kōnakinaki — to extend or expand
• Māori: koeke — to extend or expand
• Polish: rozdymać się — to extend or expand
• Polish: rozdąć się — to extend or expand
• Spanish: distender — to extend or expand
• Spanish: destensar — to extend or expand
• Swedish: svälla — to extend or expand
• Bulgarian: раздувам (razduvam) — to cause to swell
• Chinese Mandarin: 鼓起 (gǔqǐ) — to cause to swell
• Chinese Mandarin: 凸起 (tūqǐ) — to cause to swell
• Hungarian: felfúj — to cause to swell
• Māori: whakatetere — to cause to swell
• Māori: koeke — to cause to swell
• Polish: rozdymać — to cause to swell
• Polish: rozdąć — to cause to swell
• Swedish: utöka — to cause to swell